{"id":331,"date":"2017-04-26T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=331"},"modified":"2017-04-26T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T10:01:01","slug":"entry-number-2-tim-kempton-ci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2017\/04\/26\/entry-number-2-tim-kempton-ci\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTRY NUMBER 2 – Tim Kempton CI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hot Torpedo and Snakehead – Tim Kempton CI<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spent some days fishing with Paul for Snakehead on Lake Temmengor on the Condom Titanic. \u00a0 Unlike its namesake, this boat did not sink!.\u00a0 It rained like buggery when we arrived and the lake rose 1-2 metres. That made the Snakehead sluggish.<\/p>\n

These Snakehead don\u2019t make fishing for them with fly very easy.\u00a0 They were rising and diving again very quickly and were not aggressive.\u00a0 I was getting close, but not close enough. Snakehead do not turn around, and landing the fly near their tail, or too far away does not work.\u00a0 No time for false casts and land the fly on a dinner plate within 2 secs. And\u2026decide which way the fish is going to turn so you cast in front and not behind. And\u2026 decide which fish if both rise.<\/p>\n

I was feeling like a beginner.\u00a0 Slow perfect loops in the park did not crack it.\u00a0 Frustration and deep sighs!<\/p>\n

So the casting lessons and practice began.\u00a0 Pick up two metres of line from outside the rod tip and cast 60-80\u2019, and land on a dinner plate with no false cast says Paul.. Show me says I, and so he proceeded to hit leaves at 80\u2019 at any angle. Righto…I think I will take up bowls.<\/p>\n

Finally, the perfect rise. The male and female rose together, I cast at the female on the left (Paul says wrong side, as he only saw the male on the right).\u00a0 I said, no I picked the big one\u2026lol.\u00a0 An aggressive chase, a massive explosion and fish on.\u00a0 These fish are incredibly strong and you have to point the rod at them and effectively handline them to avoid high sticking and busting the rod.\u00a0 A beautiful 5 kg fish came to the net. A quick photo and back.\u00a0 What beautiful colours. Celebrations and a big sigh of relief.\u00a0 Thank you Mrs Toman!<\/p>\n

The leader was 80 lb butt section, with a 40 lb tippet tied with a Bimini Twist and a Slim Beauty. This is the strongest knot combination.\u00a0 We also had 8\u201d on 40 lb AFW camouflage wire as the tippet, then a gurgler. I tied on more wire this time…the fish I hooked last year bit above the wire and through the leader\u2026fish lost!.\u00a0 I started with a nice blue Sage Xi310 WT and a 10 WF Tarpon Technical line.\u00a0 This Sage rod was stiff , had little feel and was giving me a sore wrist. I then tried Paul’s new Hot Torpedo 10 WT\u2026completely different feel, much easier to cast and less strain on the wrist and arm.\u00a0 He has spent years perfecting these rods and you can certainly feel the difference.\u00a0 My HT10 is on order to go with my HT4, HT6 and HT 8 rods. ..the complete set!<\/p>\n

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Tim and his 5KG Snakehead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hot Torpedo and Snakehead – Tim Kempton CI I spent some days fishing with Paul for Snakehead on Lake Temmengor on the Condom Titanic. \u00a0 Unlike its namesake, this boat did not sink!.\u00a0 It rained like buggery when we arrived and the lake rose 1-2 metres. That made the Snakehead sluggish. These Snakehead don\u2019t make … Continue reading “ENTRY NUMBER 2 – Tim Kempton CI”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}